Kodiak News

A ship seized for illegal fishing last September remains in Dutch Harbor while a federal court decides what to do with it.

While Kodiak's soil is buried beneath 2 feet of snow, biologists at the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge and the Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation District are working to reduce the number of invasive weeds that emerge when that snow melts.

Five companies with processing operations in Kodiak that took nearly every delivery under the expired Gulf of Alaska rockfish pilot program sued National Marine Fisheries Service Jan.

A federal agency will dredge the entrance to St. Paul Harbor in Kodiak. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reports the Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday it has set aside $1.7 million for the work.

The boats that braved the brutal weather to fish the bairdi tanner crab season in Kodiak, Chignik and the southern Alaska Peninsula are mostly done, in spite of a 10-day weather hold at the start of the season for the Chignik fleet.

It's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew, keeps a steady flow of work -- seine nets to be built and repaired -- coming in and out of his shop in Northern Enterprises' boatyard.

A salvage plan for a fishing vessel that ran aground west of Kodiak Island nearly two weeks ago is awaiting approval.

The veteran pilot has been flying since 1966, making him the most experienced regular flier on Kodiak Island.

It's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew, keeps a steady flow of work - seine nets to be built and repaired - coming in and out of his shop in Northern Enterprises' boatyard.

As expected, there will be less halibut available for fishermen to catch this year - an 18 percent drop to 33 million pounds, to be split among fisheries along the West Coast, British Columbia and Alaska.

As expected, there will be fewer halibut available for fishermen to catch this year -- an 18 percent reduction to 33 million pounds, split among fisheries along the West Coast, British Columbia and Alaska.

In May 2011, New York Times writer Ted O'Ccallahan traveled to Kodiak Island in search of an environmentally friendly way to see bears.

Brigid and Harry Dodge, owners of Kodiak Treks, pose with their dog, Reuben, on a beach near their lodge in Kodiak, Alaska in this 2008 photo.

An array of 19 new seafood products will compete for top honors at the annual Symphony of Seafood contest, and the crowd will choose the popular People's Choice award.

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An array of 19 new seafood products will compete for top honors at the annual Symphony of Seafood contest in Seattle.

The probable first Japan tsunami debris has reached the beaches of Yakutat, Alaska.

It's tough to sell refrigeration to Alaskans in winter. Gretchen Wing doesn't have to - they come to her.

ORSO and the Alaska Marine Conservation Council are teaming up Monday for a Taste of Kodiak celebration featuring tanner crab.